Statins don't prove useful for general pediatric lupus population

Monday, November 8, 2010 - 04:41 in Health & Medicine

Lupus puts children at higher risk for coronary artery disease when they become adults, but routinely using statins doesn't provide enough benefit to warrant their regular use in children and adolescents, according to the largest study of pediatric lupus patients to date.

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